Councillor, playwright, hell-raiser, not afraid to swim against the tide, Mannix Flynn's life has been about extremes, from poverty and sexual abuse at the hands of Christian Brothers to becoming an artist and then a politician.His voice and opinion is one that he is never afraid to raise loudly in dissent and in this week's episode, he tells Paul Williams about his tough life, the importance of forgiving himself and why the working class and poor will continue to be exploited by those on the left.